Word: stimulus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Puritan ethos was a stimulus to striving and hard work; no wonder that it gave way to its secular descendant, pragmatism-the uniquely American philosophy articulated by C. S. Peirce, Dewey and William James. Americans are the exemplars of pragmatism, of rational humanism. The pragmatist, of course, does not deny the existence of evil-although he likes to call it something else. But he optimistically assumes that it exists in institutions rather than men, and can therefore be legislated away. Thus evils, in the American experience, have always been seen as concrete problems that could be dissected and analyzed-like...
...From the student point of view, such arrangements have the advantage of providing a recognized channel through which grievances can be ventilated, criticisms expressed, and proposals for change discussed with the Faculty. From the departmental point of view, the existence of such machinery may not only serve as a stimulus to curricular improvements but also provide an opportunity to dispel misunderstanding by explaining the rationale behind existing requirements...
...description of "the Student's Role" would contain exhortations for militant action to end the universities' prostitution. Nader seemed to be on his way there when he said that the students of the last two years have taught everyone a clear lesson: university administrations are more responsive to physical stimulus than ethical pleas. "Isn't it a disgrace that it took the physical displacement of a few men called deans to get larger numbers of students and faculty finally to face important issues...
...universities are degenerate and physical stimulus is good, how can Nader recommend a summer in Washington over an evening in University Hall? In a tough logical fix, Nader wriggled out by again expanding his view. The point of all the prodding and stimulus is to be effective, he said. And as long as the students fight on the university's terms, they are using a strikingly ineffective strategy. "Reagan has done with the students at Berkely just what Hitler tried to do with the Jews. He's made them the scapegoats for all the troubles in the state...
...this should happen it would be a great loss to both welfare recipients and taxpayers--for only through job placement are the welfare rolls going to decrease' and only when the poor are given stimulus or an incentive to work are they going to forfeit 'gift' aid for a full time occupation...